Kanak Jha

Kanak Jha (born June 19, 2000) is an American table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the preliminary round by Nima Alamian, and as part of the American team in the men's team event.[1][2]

He was the youngest American athletes to participate the 2016 Olympics and is also the first American born in the 2000s to qualify for the Olympics.[3]

Recently at the ITTF Team World Cup, Kanak Jha pulled an upset in a game against world number 6 Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong. He is currently ranked number 73 in the world, the highest rank in the United States. His home club is the Champions Table Tennis Academy, in which he trains when not at a tournament or training with the national team.

References

  1. ↑ "Kanak Jha". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Men's Singles - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Knowlton, Emmett (2016-07-08). "Meet Kanak Jha, the 16-year-old table tennis prodigy and first American born in the 2000s to qualify for the Olympics". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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